New Jersey Jewish News (12/9/15)
An elderly disabled former health-care worker — whose photographs of her walker and medicine bottles are part of a new exhibit launched by the New Jersey Anti-Hunger Coalition — told a group of 25 people who had gathered at the Cooperman JCC in West Orange that she cannot afford both proper nutrition and the cost of her monthly medication.
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Advocates for seniors seek action on hunger
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'Can you live on $16 (a month)?'
Photos show N.J.'s struggling senior citizens
NJ.com (12/8/15)
A photo exhibition in the West Orange-based JCC Metro West was launched Tuesday to bring awareness to the plight of seniors who don't have enough money for food. A press conference also attracted several area officials who are lobbying for government initiatives.
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Clergy press lawmakers on anti-hunger issues
New Jersey Jewish News (12/17/14)
The state’s Jewish federations and other Jewish organizations are spearheading an interfaith effort to cope with the rising problem of hunger in New Jersey.
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Food stamp budget energizes hungry pols
New Jersey Jewish News (9/17/14)
It was enough to bring Yiddishe mamas out in protest: Though scheduled for lunch time, there was no food offered at the “lunch panel” held at the Cooperman JCC in West Orange on Sept. 14.
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Pols scrimp to raise hunger awareness
New Jersey Jewish News (9/10/14)
Local politicians will shop and eat on austerity budgets as part of a food aid awareness campaign organized by local Jewish organizations.
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Helping the Hungry Is an Urgent Issue
This week Federation launched the Food Stamp Challenge. Eighteen NJ legislators and 55 Jewish community leaders are taking the Challenge from September 8-14. Each participant has committed to living on $4.20 a day — $30 a week — the amount the average SNAP (food stamp) recipient lives on — to experience first-hand the lives of those who struggle with food insecurity every day and raise awareness of the need to find a bi-partisan solution to hunger in New Jersey.
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Opinion: Why we are taking the food stamp challenge
NJ.com (9/9/14)
Less than $2 a meal, $5 a day, $30 a week – could you do it? Could you adequately feed yourself living off of food stamps alone? Last year, 46.2 million Americans – one out of every six – were living in poverty.
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Editorial: Take the challenge
New Jersey Jewish News(9/3/14)
Hunger is a growing problem in New Jersey. High unemployment, low wages, and the high cost of living are major factors in food insecurity. While 14 percent of the state’s population is considered food insecure, only 55 percent of these individuals qualify for food stamps under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Changes in SNAP contained in the Federal Farm Bill of 2014 will lead to a cut in benefits for an estimated 157,000 households.
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Editorial: Hunger Games
New Jersey Jewish News (8/20/14) Last week came the sad news that the journalist, thinker, and activist Leonard Fein died at age 80. In addition to launching Moment magazine, “Leibel” Fein created MAZON, the anti-hunger group that asked Jews to set aside a percentage of their catering bills to feed the needy.
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Pols agree to take ‘Food Stamp Challenge’
New Jersey Jewish News (6/3/14)
State Sens. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) and Tom Kean Jr. (R-Union) announced that they agreed to take the “Food Stamp Challenge,” an anti-hunger initiative being sponsored by the Community Relations Committee of Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ.